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ACS NANO
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 9987-9999出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01488
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copper indium sulfide; Janus-type heteronanorod; cation exchange; epitaxial growth; copper(I) sulfide; seeded growth
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- Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC), an NWO Gravitation program - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the government of The Netherlands
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [201406330055]
- division of Chemical Sciences (CW) of The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [ECHO.712.012.0001, ECHO.712.014.001]
Colloidal heteronanocrystals offer the synergistic combination of properties of different materials, such as spatial separation of photogenerated charge carriers to improve the efficiency of photocatalysts and photovoltaic devices. The synthesis of Cu2-xS/CuInS2 Janus-type heteronanorods through a two-step process allows for the rational design of heteronanocrystals with targeted architectures. By exploiting the size and faceting of premade Cu2-xS seed nanocrystals, the growth of the CuInS2 segment is directed, showcasing the potential for controlled synthesis in the formation of heteronanocrystals.
Colloidal heteronanocrystals allow for the synergistic combination of properties of different materials. For example, spatial separation of the photogenerated electron and hole can be achieved by coupling different semiconductors with suitable band offsets in one single nanocrystal, which is beneficial for improving the efficiency of photocatalysts and photovoltaic devices. From this perspective, axially segmented semiconductor heteronanorods with a type-II band alignment are particularly attractive since they ensure the accessibility of both photogenerated charge carriers. Here, a two-step synthesis route to Cu2-xS/CuInS2 Janus-type heteronanorods is presented. The heteronanorods are formed by injection of a solution of preformed Cu2-xS seed nanocrystals in 1-dodecanethiol into a solution of indium oleate in oleic acid at 240 degrees C. By varying the reaction time, Janus-type heteronanocrystals with different sizes, shapes, and compositions are obtained. A mechanism for the formation of the heteronanocrystals is proposed. The first step of this mechanism consists of a thiolate-mediated topotactic, partial Cu+ for In3(+) cation exchange that converts one of the facets of the seed nanocrystals into CuInS2. This is followed by homoepitaxial anisotropic growth of wurtzite CuInS2. The Cu2-xS seed nanocrystals also act as sacrificial Cu+ sources, and therefore, single composition CuInS2 nanorods are eventually obtained if the reaction is allowed to proceed to completion. The two-stage seeded growth method developed in this work contributes to the rational synthesis of Cu2-xS/CuInS2 heteronanocrystals with targeted architectures by allowing one to exploit the size and faceting of premade Cu2-xS seed nanocrystals to direct the growth of the CuInS2 segment.
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